Red Alert has always taken a cheesier spin on the C&C franchise and, with Tim Curry and George "Sulu" Takei now in the cast, you can guess how camp the alternative-timeline plot has become. You play as the Soviets, Allies or Empire with levels ideally designed for two players in tandem across the three plot-heavy campaigns. It's all a bit linear, with new units and technologies being unlocked one per level and objectives revealed in big, unsatisfying chunks. However, it's still a beautifully balanced and designed game, and although Red Alert takes the RTS genre nowhere new, it's a cracking journey nonetheless.